Dickens: When children are so young, how many reasons do adults have to make them cry? Thoughts on "Oliver Twist"

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When I read "Oliver Twist", I suddenly felt that it was better for Robinson Crusoe to drift to an uninhabited island and fight against the dangerous nature than to live in a bleak world. It's so much better to struggle in society.

Before reading this book, I guessed that this novel must be about an orphan crawling around in foggy London.

However, I only guessed half of it right, because it not only tells the story of an orphan, but the story of two orphans, Oliver and his aunt Rose. And judging from the content throughout the novel, Dickens It is telling the stories of many orphans in the world. The tortuous and bizarre life story of orphan Oliver Twist is just one of thousands of stories.

In the novel, the workhouse set up by the British government does not seem to be an institution to help the poor get rid of hunger, cold, and homelessness, but some people divide the public property and bully the weak convenience stores. Let this abominable behavior distort and suppress every poor person who longs to be treated tenderly by the world, giving up his last hope in society.

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Oliver fell into one hell after another, making him disappointed in human nature and destroyed by reality. However, he always protected the goodness of human nature and was not swallowed up by the cruel and ruthless reality. , it is really valuable. And the final facts also proved that his persistence will eventually win God's mercy.

In the extremely vicious, hypocritical workhouse, Oliver has been rejected by the living people since his birth, because "from then on, the parish added another mouth and a new burden."

A person's childhood is a critical period that can determine a person's life, but in his carefree childhood, Oliver lost his mother when he was just born. He didn't even know who his father was, and became an orphan with no one to love him. He was bullied by evil people and fell into hell on earth. In the workhouse, he could not eat a full meal or sleep soundly at night. His fate was unfair to him.

In order to get rid of this eating mouth, the workhouse sent him to the undertaker Soleberg to work with the dead and coffins.

He fell into another hell on earth, because there was another mouth to eat. Even if Mrs. Sowerberry gave Oliver the leftovers of the dog's food as a meal, she would be extremely upset. He was distressed and often beat and abused the poor orphan.

There is a scene in the novel that often touches me. Whenever I am in trouble, I feel as if I am actually there. Thinking of my loneliness and helplessness, I can’t help crying. That was what Noah said. Some words insulted Oliver's mother. Oliver was so angry that he couldn't bear it, so he tried his best to fight back. However, he was brutally beaten and imprisoned by the Sowerberry family. His young heart was ice-cold to the extreme.

On the night when Oliver couldn't bear the pain and was about to run away, we can see the sad and desperate world in the heart of an orphan.

The novel states that it was not until Oliver was alone in the silent, dark shop of the undertaker that he could not help showing his emotions. When no one saw him or heard him speak, he knelt on the floor, covered his face with his hands, and burst into tears - God has given us the nature to shed tears, but at such a young age as Oliver, there are several reasons to be in front of God. Tears streaming down my face! Oliver remained motionless in this position for a long time.

The world is too cruel to him, he is just a child! The way Oliver covered his face and cried was really heartbreaking!

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He originally thought that if he escaped from his current situation and went to London, he would be able to see a whole new world. As he thought, "London! That great big place!" "A young man with ambition will not suffer poverty in London."

However, the fact is that before he arrived in London, he had already fallen into a scam and once again fell into hell on earth. He entered The unfathomable den of thieves was forced by Fagin to steal in the street, and Sikes held a gun at home to rob. He escaped from the den of thieves several times, but was repeatedly pulled into the abyss by clever traps.

He was just a child. Before fate favored him, he lived a life that was not human at all. In the eyes of evil people, he was like an obedient dog. However, this dog also made people... They were puzzling that no matter how much they brainwashed Oliver, he refused to do evil!

As the Jewish thief Fagin said, "I found it difficult to train him for this trade. He was different from other boys under the same circumstances."

When we face choices in life, we must adhere to the path of justice. Maybe at this moment, your balance is leaning towards the evil angel, which will make you make a lot of money every day in the short term, but soon you will Will fall from the clouds of happiness to the abyss of pain, and the outcome of this choice may even be irreparable! Therefore, when you are wavering, you must touch your chest. Conscience is used to discover at this moment. Between the choice of good and evil, you must be as solid as a rock.

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However, from Oliver, I seemed to see the existence of God. Whenever Oliver is desperate, on the verge of a dead end, and hysterical in the cramped reality, God always turns into good people in the world, such as Dick, Nancy, Rose, Mr. Brownlow, the old nanny, and Dr. Losbourne with superb medical skills... …The appearance of these people helped him resolve his suffering, break through his shackles, and save his life.

The premise of all this is: he has withstood the test of good and evil, and God thinks he is qualified, so he will incarnate as a human to help Oliver.

Oliver's life experience is undoubtedly the most eye-catching aspect of the novel, and it is precisely these people who were incarnated by God who can solve the mystery of Oliver's life experience.

Dick, one of the incarnations of God, his playmate, gave Oliver the warmest blessing and embrace in the world. When Oliver escaped from Sowerberry, he went to say goodbye to Dick first, and Dick used Her little arms hugged his neck and said, "Goodbye, my dear! May God bless you!"

Just like what is written in the novel, this hug and blessing helped him go through a lot of life. "Although this blessing came from the mouth of a young child, it was the first blessing he heard praying for. In the years of struggle, suffering, hardship and changes in Oliver's future, he has never forgotten it. This blessing."

At the end of the novel, when Oliver receives his father's inheritance and can repay the people around him who care about him, the first thing he thinks of is Dick and his blessing. Unfortunately, Dick has passed away.

Dick is an orphan... This is another orphan story.

Nancy, the "evil angel", is the most valuable angel in the novel. She is in a den of thieves and stuck in the mud, but she is still kind. She would rather resist Fagin and Sikes for Oliver, once Saved Oliver from being poisoned for the first time.

When Nancy learned that Oliver was forced by Fagin and others to rob the house and failed, and his life or death was uncertain, Nancy said with sadness, "It would be better to leave him there than to stay among us!" and " I hope he dies, away from harm and away from your clutches."

She would rather Oliver die quietly and no longer endure the endless pain caused by these evil people, which shows the extreme contradiction in her heart. She is in an evil place, but she is powerless to change it. All she can do is stop others from stepping into it.

The love story between Rose and Harry is also a highlight in the novel. It is quite profound and reveals the unkind class concept of the society at that time.

Monks is actually Oliver’s half-brother. Monks’ mother hated Oliver’s mother, so in order to get revenge on Oliver’s mother, who had already left, she transferred her resentment to Oliver. Rumors spread about her mother's sister Rose, accusing her of being unchaste, causing everyone around her to speak coldly to her, thus casting a gray sky over her marriage.

Therefore, even though Harry has been pursuing her, she still loves Harry. Because she is worried that her identity will affect Harry's bright future, she repeatedly rejects her lover.

God always favors kind people. After solving the mystery of Oliver’s life experience, he also restored Rose’s innocence. Their confession was the sweetest, “I have made up my mind, if my world cannot Become your world, and I want your world to become mine."

Then Harry and Rose lived happily together like a prince and a princess.

There are many evil people and many angels in the book. Through the arrangement of the fate of angels and devils, the novel tells us a truth.

Although "often it is the hopes that are dashed that are most dear to me, and which have brought the greatest honor to our nature."

But "there is no strong love, no charity." Without a heart full of gratitude to God, who has compassion as his criterion and love for all living beings in the world as his great characteristic, he will never be able to achieve happiness. ”

The ugliness of this world. After all, it is no match for people’s kindness!